Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3229: Chapter 3230: Suspicion of Invasion

Just as Luigi was about to speak, Laplace suddenly initiated a telepathic sync.

”Accept Angel’s Mind Ribbon.” Through telepathic sync, Laplace said to Luigi.

The moment the words fell, a subtle wave of Magic Power swirled around him, attempting to probe into his brow.

Without a doubt, this must be the Mind Ribbon cast by Angel.

Luigi didn’t know what was happening, but he still nodded gently, accepting the Mind Ribbon.

With the successful link of the Mind Ribbon, Angel, Luigi, and Laplace were pulled into the same ”private chat channel.”

Luigi turned to look at Angel, with confusion in his eyes, ”Did you discover something?”

Angel gently shook his head.

Luigi wanted to ask more, but then, Laplace’s voice came through the Mind Ribbon, ”I was the one who asked Angel to initiate the Mind Ribbon; I have something to tell you both.”

Although Laplace could communicate with Angel and Luigi through telepathic sync, the communication required a detour, which was a bit troublesome. Therefore, she simply let Angel use the Mind Ribbon as a communication channel between them, allowing everyone to express their opinions immediately.

Luigi: ”What is it? Is it related to the Song Tower?”

After all, considering the timing, when introducing the Song Tower, Laplace had Angel pull them into the Mind Ribbon. Luigi’s first thought was that it was related to the Song Tower.

Angel also curiously looked at Laplace; he didn’t know what Laplace meant by suddenly transmitting the message.

Laplace: ”It does indeed relate to the Song Tower.”

Lapsing briefly, Laplace continued, ”To be precise, it’s not only related to the Song Tower but also to the Singer’s Monument.”

Luigi and Angel exchanged a glance, seeing confusion in each other’s eyes.

”What do you mean?” Angel asked curiously.

Laplace: ”Regarding the Singer, there’s one piece of information I haven’t previously mentioned because I didn’t think it was worth mentioning. However, after seeing the Singer’s Monument and the Song Tower, I felt it’s necessary to bring it up.”

Laplace’s body has long been roaming near the Sea Eye of the Sea of Void Mirror, occasionally things from other Mirror Domains emerge from the Sea Eye.

Items from the Gosen Mirror Domain appear as well. Although most of them are worthless, some tools from the Gosen Mirror Domain offer glimpses into its general situation.

The dominating races of the Gosen Mirror Domain are undisputedly the Singer and the Yusen.

The main reason these two races can ascend to the apex of the Gosen Mirror Domain pyramid is their absorption efficiency of Aggregation Energy, far surpassing other races.

The reason for such high absorption rates lies in their talent: Environmental Modification.

Both the Singer and the Yusen can build environments suitable for their survival by modifying the space within the mirror.

When the Singer and Yusen are in such environments, through their innate talent, their absorption efficiency of Aggregation Energy reaches its peak.

When Laplace reached this point, Angel and Luigi both reacted.

”You’re saying... the Singer’s Monument and the Song Tower can modify the environment?” Angel’s eyes flashed with surprise.

Laplace: ”That’s right, from the description, these two tools can both change the environment within a certain range.”

Luigi also understood, muttering, ”And, the Singer’s Monument and the Song Tower are presented by the Singer Clan. They didn’t showcase them to alter the Daylight Mirror Domain’s circumstances but rather to create an environment more suitable for their own survival.”

”Once all races have settled the Singer’s Monument and Song Tower, the Singer Clan might initiate an invasion...”

Angel also chimed in, ”The most important thing is, the Singer’s Monument and Song Tower are tools prepared for colonization by the Singer. But they are unwilling to even pay for the construction cost of these tools themselves, they even ask the races of the Daylight Mirror Domain to pay.”

For the Singer’s Monument, it’s openly priced for sale.

Regarding the Song Tower, although there’s no physical item, they require the purchasing races to prepare the materials themselves, with the Singer Clan undertaking the construction. Once built, they charge a steep construction fee.

This is akin to throwing open the gates to thieves, not only selling to others but also having others count money for them.

Luigi was initially tempted, considering purchasing or using some means to ’snag’ a Song Tower without paying, but thinking again, he realized he was too naive. Even if acquiring a Song Tower for free, they would still end up being ’cut down’ by the Singer.

Luigi’s expression became somewhat somber, ”If we delve deeper into this, the Singer Clan has accounted for all the Mirror Domain races. The slightly stronger races will definitely spend a large amount of Crystalline to buy the Song Tower. They come to build personally, possibly figuring out its secrets and leaving some hidden door in the Song Tower.”

”Once the Singer truly invades, the burst of dark hands might distract these races, making it hard to deal with external enemies.”

The weaker races likely wouldn’t partake in the combat, thus only needing the Singer’s Monument to control them.

In this way, the Singer can easily dominate the Daylight Mirror Domain without lifting a finger, and the military funds for launching the invasion are funded by the various races of the Daylight Mirror Domain.

”Truly calculating.” Luigi squinted with a cold smile.

”However, we don’t yet have absolute corroborating evidence on the Singer’s Monument and Song Tower.” Luigi added, ”To know if they’re truly planning on invading... just look at the goods of the Yusen!”

Both the Singer and the Yusen can modify the environment to suit themselves.

Since the Singer has brought out the Singer’s Monument and Song Tower, then perhaps the Yusen Clan has corresponding tools as well.

At this moment, Luigi no longer looked at other tools from the Singer. He directly picked up the display catalog and flipped it to the last page. This page is about the goods of the Yusen.

The two prime goods showcased by the Yusen are surprisingly two peculiar plant seeds.

If not explicitly stated by the Yusen Clan that these are seeds, it’s hard to imagine a plant seed growing like this.

One seed resembles a curled Elf, with tiny wings on its back; the other seed’s appearance is a cluster of flowers, various colored flowers gathering together to form a circular bloom.

Luigi quickly opened the information on the first seed with wings.

The display catalog immediately showed the corresponding information.

”Special Plant: Life Feather Seed.”

”Effect: Capable of growing into a tree with feathers. Upon maturation, it will slowly and continuously modify the surrounding environment, flourishing greenery, making the land more fertile, and filling the air with a breath of life. Life living near the Life Feather Tree will not be plagued by illness, and their lifespan will be significantly extended.”

”Currently open for purchase, since the Life Feather Seed has different attributes, the specific price will vary due to attribute differences. Further negotiation is needed for purchase.”

”Note: Paired with special cultivation materials unique to the Yusen Clan, the Life Feather Tree can mature faster.”

Seeing the information on the Life Feather Seed, Luigi’s expression became increasingly grim.

Sure enough, it’s yet another tool to modify the environment.

Moreover, it’s a tree species.

According to Laplace’s intelligence, the Yusen Clan is a group of special lifeforms living among vast plantations. Yusen’s mastery over plants has reached an astounding level, able to plant a garden even in the Void if they have the appropriate seeds.

From this, it’s easy to deduce: an environment suitable for the Yusen Clan’s life must inevitably contain an abundance of plants.

The Life Feather Seed is evidently a type of tree seed that can spread greenery.

By promoting longevity to attract various races to purchase the Life Feather Seed, their intention is clear!

Because Pixi was beside him, Luigi couldn’t express his dissatisfaction openly. He suppressed his unpleasant expression and clicked on the second type of tree in the display booklet.

”Special Plant: Purification Flower Seed.”

”Effect: When the Purification Flower Seed blooms, it can form an endless sea of flowers. Within the sea of flowers, no negative energy can invade.”

”Currently available for purchase, for further cultivation details, you can consult at the Yusen outpost.”

Although the Purification Flower Seed doesn’t explicitly state it will change the environment, once planted, it will slowly spread into a sea of flowers that encompasses the entire space within the mirror.

Isn’t this an alternative way to change the environment?

And isn’t the sea of flowers a suitable environment for the survival of the Feather Forest Clan?

Luigi put down the display booklet and ignored Pixi’s puzzled expression. He turned towards Laplace and Angel.

The conversation within the Mind Ribbon reopened.

Luigi: ”Now it’s confirmed, the Singer Clan and the Feather Forest Clan intend to alter the environment of the Daylight Mirror Domain to make it more suitable for their survival.”

Angel nodded, indicating that the products sold by the Singer Clan and the Feather Forest Clan indeed show this intention.

Actually, if the Singer Clan and the Feather Forest Clan were merely seeking an outlet for their wandering clansmen, Angel would sympathize with them. But now, with this colonization invasion move, it’s no longer deserving of sympathy.

This... could be considered a declaration of war?

How can one untangle this?

The Mind Ribbon abruptly fell into silence.

After a long pause, Luigi suddenly thought of something, and a flash of murderous intent appeared in his eyes: ”Anyway, only a few of the Singer Clan have come, why don’t we just...”

Luigi made a gesture of assault and kill.

Faced with Luigi’s proposal, Angel did not respond. He couldn’t decide on this issue. If they really have to deal with the Singer Clan, he would only serve as support.

After all, as a Wizard, sustaining combat in the Mirror Domain is difficult.

However, Laplace shook his head: ”The Singer Clan and the Feather Forest Clan do need resolution, but there’s no need for us to get involved. Inform the leaders of each race, and they’ll naturally resolve it.”

Luigi was a bit perplexed. Why not solve it personally when it can be done?

Laplace didn’t explain, only said blandly: ”Glaipnir already knows about this. Let her speak with you.”

Glaipnir wasn’t part of the Mind Ribbon, but through mind synchronization, Laplace directly projected Glaipnir’s words into the Mind Ribbon.

”Luigi, if you spent less time writing your lousy poems, you’d understand why there’s no need to get involved.” Glaipnir’s voice, precisely simulated by Laplace.

Luigi: ”...”

”The reason is simple, for the scene of colonization invasion by the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan you imagined is unlikely to occur.”

Luigi: ”???” The Singer’s Monument and Song Tower, Life Feather Seed and Purification Flower Seed, aren’t they just the vanguard of colonization?

Glaipnir sneered: ”You might want to think again, can they really work?”

Luigi furrowed his brows and fell into contemplation.

Meanwhile, Angel was also pondering. After about half a minute, he realized a crucial point.

They seem to have overlooked something.

——The Calamity Puppet Shulifa!

Why did the Singer Clan and the Feather Forest Clan go through the trouble to come from the Gosen via the passage of Gloomy Ghoul Domain to the Daylight Mirror Domain? Isn’t it to avoid disaster?

The Gosen Mirror Domain is now facing an unprecedented crisis, the disaster of ”Confinement Space” is expanding wildly, potentially turning the Gosen Mirror Domain into a dead domain within a few years.

In these circumstances, the leaders of the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan decided to disperse the clansmen to various mirror domains to find suitable places for survival to avoid being wiped out.

Now, the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan that have arrived at the Daylight Mirror Domain are the dispatched vanguard.

They actually do not know about the Calamity Puppet Shulifa; they only know their leaders sent them to find a place for survival.

From their standpoint, using the Singer’s Monument, Song Tower, Life Feather Seed, and Purification Flower Seed to establish a colonization vanguard is normal.

But if you look at the overall situation, you’ll find their colonization invasion is absolutely unlikely to succeed.

Because... the Calamity Puppet has already arrived at the Demonic Ghosts within the Mirror.

Soon, the Calamity Puppet will break through the Phantom to arrive at the Daylight Mirror Domain, and at that point, the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan won’t even have time to run, let alone colonize.

After all, they came here to escape the Calamity Puppet, and now that the Calamity Puppet has arrived at the Daylight Mirror Domain, naturally they will abandon the Daylight Mirror Domain.

Colonization invasion is empty talk.

...

Luigi is not stupid. With Glaipnir’s guidance, he quickly grasped the crucial point.

Glaipnir said blandly: ”The things sold by the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan can’t change anything. Leave their matters for the leaders of each race to discuss.”

”After all, for us, the most important thing right now is not to deal with these minor characters, but to find a way to deal with the disaster brought by the Calamity Puppet.”

Luigi was silent for a long time, then nodded: ”I understand.”

Glaipnir didn’t say more, only softly said: ”I’ll now go find Lita, and then head towards you. We’ll talk more when we meet.”

The sound of Glaipnir gradually faded.

Meanwhile, Luigi sighed deeply: ”Glaipnir seems to be right... Should I reduce the time spent on poetry? Otherwise, why didn’t I think of such a simple thing before?”

”But, my poems are clearly quite popular...”

Angel, Laplace: ”...” Popular with whom? The young Tooth Fairies of the Tooth Fairy Paradise?

Luigi shook his head: ”Forget it, let’s not dwell on this. Since the environmental modification tools sold by the Singer Clan and Feather Forest Clan won’t have any effect, let’s not worry about them.”

”However, I just noticed that the merchandise from the Singer Clan seems to be related to sound, including the Singer’s Monument and Song Tower which alter the environment through sound... So, it seems the Singer Clan excels in music, maybe I should ask them if they have any scores for sale?”